The stranger than fiction world of the New York Times Commentariat

You read an article in the New York Times, you are compelled to comment
you make the mistake when discussing, say another article on anti Trump mania
of being well a little bit flowery, say mentioning Proust or Dante; BIG MISTAKE
for you will get zero recommends or comments back, not even one, you are chagrined
you read the other comments that get NYT picks as comments of the day, this one
which is in the language of that silver tongued hate Trump Robert de Niro get
WHAAT....2000 recommend...and this one which is of the 'moider the bum' type writing
has 1800 recommends,
You give up concluding that the US is a seriously under educated society,